Franz Joseph Czerwenka (6 September 1759 – 23 June 1835) was a Czech-born oboist based in Vienna, Austria.

Early life

Czerwenka was born in Benatek (present-day

Benátky nad Jizerou Benátky nad Jizerou (; german: Benatek) is a town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban mon ...

in the Czech Republic) in 1759. His brother Franz (1745–1801) was a bassoonist; his brother Theodor (1761–1827) was an oboist and composer."Czerwenka (Czervenka), Familie"
Oesterreiches Musiklexikon online. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

Career

From 1779, he played under Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf in the chapel of Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch, Prince-Bishop of Breslau, in

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. From 1784 he was in the orchestra of

Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy ( hu, Esterházy I. Miklós, german: Nikolaus I. Joseph Fürst Esterhazy; 18 December 171428 September 1790) was a Hungarian prince, a member of the famous Esterházy family. His building of palaces, extravagant clot ...

, directed by

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, at the Prince's palace.''The Oboe''. Yale University Press, 2004. Page 91.
/ref> He settled in Vienna in 1794, where he studied under the oboist

Josef Triebensee Josef Triebensee (Trübensee) (November 21, 1772 Třeboň - April 22, 1846 Prague) was a Bohemian composer and oboist. He studied composition with Albrechtsberger and oboe with his father, Georg Triebensee (January 28, 1746-June 14, 1813). He se ...

, and played in the Theater am Kärntnertor. From 1801 he played in the

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. He retired in 1822; he died in Vienna in 1835. Czerwenka was highly regarded in his day. He played in the first performance in 1797 of

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

's Trio for two oboes and English horn, Op. 87. Beethoven's Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" (from Mozart's opera

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...

), for the same instruments, WoO 28, was written for him.

References

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